Jamaat-e-Islam has called a ‘nonstop 48-hour’ shutdown beginning Sunday over Thursday’s death sentence for its Vice President Delwar Hossain Sayedee.
Month: February 2013
WB eyes poverty cut efforts with anti-graft measures
The World Bank President has said they can work with Bangladesh for a faster poverty cut with ‘governance and anti-corruption measures in place’ amid the saga of a fracas between the two over Padma bridge funding.
Sayadee’s counsels to prefer appeal
Lawyers of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee say they will appeal against his death sentence.
Shahbagh protesters celebrate Sayedee verdict
The protesters who continued their sit-in for 24th straight day celebrated immediately after International Crimes Tribunal had awarded death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee Thursday afternoon.
Countrywide clashes following verdict claim 50+ lives
At least 50 people including cops were killed and over 100 injured in clashes erupted in eleven districts immediately after Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee had been sentenced to death on Thursday.
Sayedee awarded death by hanging
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 led by ATM Fazle Kabir passed the verdict against Allama Delwar Hossain Sayeedee (then called Delwar Hossain Sikdar, an allegation that Sayedee rejects) awarding him death by hanging on Thursday.
‘Solar sponge’ soaks up CO₂ emissions
CSIRO scientists have created a ‘solar sponge’ which captures and then releases carbon dioxide using the power of natural sunlight – as published today in scientific journal Angewandte Chemie.
African footballers flock to Bangladesh
Anbarasan Ethirajan Awudu Ibrahim thought his playing career was over when his contract was not renewed at an amateur Dutch football club seven years ago. But soon he ended up in Bangladesh and now he is one of the star…
Pop guru Azam Khan’s 63rd birth anniversary
It was early ‘70s, a singer with a difference emerged in the music scene, from his tunes to lyrics, hair style and body language, music presentation and use of instrument, everything seemed new to listeners.
Some army men indulged in graft during CG rule: TIB
A section of the Armed Forces indulged in corruption and abuse of power to accumulate wealth during the 2007-08 caretaker government regime, according to a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) research.
Endangered shallow corals
Coral reefs in shallow ocean waters are far more vulnerable to sea temperature rises blamed on global warming than previously thought, with some areas of the Great Barrier Reef likely to pass critical damage thresholds in roughly 30 years.
Everest scaled twice in a week
A young Nepali sherpa climber has become the world’s first woman to scale Mount Everest twice in a week, Guinness World Records has confirmed.
8 banks’ capital deficit Tk70bln
State-owned banks, private banks and eight other financial institutions have a capital deficit of over TK 71.49 billion and five banks have a provision deficit of over Tk 21.2 billion, Finance Minister AMA Muhith told the parliament.
300 shanties gutted in Dhaka fire
At least 300 shanties were gutted in the Kallyanpur’s Natun Bazar slum fire in Dhaka Wednesday, but no casualties took place, police said.
JS body for legalising ‘illegal’ gas connections
The parliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources recommended legalization of the ‘illegal’ gas connections through any logical process.
Okawa named world’s oldest woman
A 114-year-old Japanese woman, the daughter of a kimono maker, has been recognised as the world’s oldest woman.
Govt signs credit deal with WB
Bangladesh Government and International Development Association of World Bank (WB) signed a credit deal of Tk 274 crore on Wednesday morning.
BGB deployment in city ahead of hartal
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel will be deployed in the city in the evening to prevent subversive activities ahead of Thursday’s hartal called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Thursday’s SSC exams shifted to Mar 8
The government on Wednesday rescheduled Thursday’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations due to a countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown called on the same day by Jamaat-e-Islami.
Protesters to resist Thursday’s hartal
The protesters on Wednesday urged the people of the country to resist Thursday’s hartal called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
‘Shahbagh a ploy to cover up govt failure’
BNP’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that the government had ‘set up’ the Ganajagaran Mancha at Shahbagh ‘to cover up’ its failure over the past four years.
Jamaat’s countrywide hartal observed
The Jamaat-e-Islami has called for another dawn-to-dusk nationwide strike on Thursday , apparently to time it with a possible ‘war crimes’ verdict on party leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee.
Sayedee verdict Thursday
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 will issue the verdict in the war crimes case against Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee Thursday.
Bahrain to recruit 20,000 workers
Bahrain is willing to hire manpower from Bangladesh under government-to-government arrangements following the footsteps of Malaysia and Hong Kong, the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister said on Sunday.
Police file cases against Kishoreganj Islamists
Police have filed two cases following Monday’s violent clashes with the activists of 12 Islamist parties who alleged that the bloggers associated with the Shahbag movement are ‘defaming Islam’.
BNP blames prosecution
The BNP says the ongoing trials at the two war crimes tribunals of Bangladesh were not being conducted properly and blamed the failure to get desired verdicts on ‘inefficient prosecutors’.
ICT asks Jamaatmen to explain in another 5 days
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Tuesday fixed March 3 for three Jamaat leaders to explain their comment on a sub-judice matter.
Home Minister sees steps against Mahmudur
Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Tuesday assured the Shahbagh protesters of taking measures against Bengali daily Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman and his associates as per law.
IOJ chief freed hrs after detention
Islami Oikya Jote Chairman Abdul Latif Nejami was released hours after he was picked up by detectives in the capital on Tuesday.
Govt agenda in protests: Fakhrul
The lead opposition BNP has claimed the government is trying to create a state of anarchy in Bangladesh to promote its agenda.